The Lifter "Maximus ][" : 250 g weight
By Jean-Louis Naudin
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created on January 22th, 2003 - JLN Labs - Last update January 23th, 2003
Toutes les informations et schémas sont publiés gratuitement ( freeware ) et sont destinés à un usage personnel et non commercial
All informations and diagrams are published freely (freeware) and are intended for a private use and a non commercial use.

The Lifter "Maximus ][ " is a bigger than the previous version. It uses four stages of 84 asymmetrical T.T. Brown capacitors ( called cells ) joined so as to form an hexagonal assembly. There is a total of 336 T.T. Brown capacitors. The Lifter "Maximus ][ " is 1m20 wide...



The Total weight of the Lifter "Maximus ][" without a payload is 190 g


When the HV power supply is swiched on, the Lifter "Maximus ][" goes upward quickly and remains stable.

The Lifter "Maximus ][ " specifications

The thin wire is connected to the +HV, the top aluminum armature is connected to the ground, the 3rd stage to the +HV, the 2nd stage to the ground and then the bottom stage to the +HV. Each aluminum armature is wing shaped with a thick leading edge ( 1.5 mm ) and a thin trailing edge ( 0.12 mm ). The thin trailing edge is equivalent to the first thin wire and produces a strong electric field. There are 336 asymmetrical capacitors.

  • Size : hexagonal shape with a max width 1200 mm,

  • Aluminum armature : 12 µm thick and 20 mm height,

  • Thin coper wire : 1/10 mm diameter.

  • Gap between each stage : 50 mm.

  • Total height : 295 mm

  • Total Weight ( without payload ) : 190 g

Voltage ( DC, not pulsed )

Current

HV Power

18 KV

16.5 mA

297 W

See the video of the Lifter "Maximus ][ "

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TEST with a 60 g payload, total weight = 250 g


A 60 g of payload is placed in the middle of the Lifter " Maximus ][ "

Test result : When the HV power supply is switched on, the Lifter "Maximus ][ " goes upward quickly with its 60 g of payload. The total weight of the Lifter "Maximus ][ " is 250 g. ( see below ).

Device tested

Number of asymmetrical capacitors

Width

Weight (empty)

Payload

Total weight

Lifter "Maximus ][ "

336

1200 mm

190 g

60 g

250 g

Voltage ( DC, not pulsed )

Current

HV Power

19.5 KV

20 mA

390 W

Notes : In theory, the Lifter " Maximus ][ " is able to carry up to 145 g of payload, but unfortunately, due to the power limitation of my HV power supply, the max payload is only 60 g at the date of this test... I need to soon upgrade my HV power supply.

See the videos of the 250 g Lifter "Maximus ][ " with its 60 g of payload

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Lifters performances analysis

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